On the estimation of the design loads on container stacks due to excessive acceleration in adverse weather conditions

A large number of containers is lost every year from ships along shipping routes. Even though the economic losses are in most cases covered by insurance, the containers drifting in sea may compromise the safety of navigation. Moreover, there can be serious consequences for the environment, in terms of pollution. All the reported losses were caused by extremely violent motions of containerships, due to adverse weather conditions. This pointed out...